Mechanics have been doing this for a hundred years.

@isaiahh3754

6 ай бұрын

Archimedes invented the lever in 300BC

@starsnstuff842

6 ай бұрын

'@@isaiahh3754 He once said 'If you give me a long enough lever and I could lift the World' Having said that some forms of levers must have been in use long before the time of Archimedes.

Your just catching on to this now junior

The good old cheater pipe, also the ratchet killer . Put a breaker bar on when using a cheater pipe.

@Z23go

2 жыл бұрын

@jeremy helde. Your right a breaker bar is a better option. I don't have one so I make sure to use my Craftsman ratchets with the lifetime warranty to replace if they did break.

That's not a cheater bar, that's a torsion extender.

I would recommend using a t handle breaker bar and not a ratchet. I’ve broken so many ratchets doing this xD btw wera zyklop ratchets.. not as strong as I thought they would be :p

@starsnstuff842

6 ай бұрын

Same here.

Give a man a lever long enough he can move the world

@Z23go

Жыл бұрын

All about the leverage.

It's called "leverage"!

Wow man! You just discovered something

This only works with quality tools. The additional leverage is enough to break the inferior steel in cheap tools... which means slipping, falling, or slamming into something... and possibly causing a serious injury, or damage to other stuff... This is considered to be so dangerous that doing so, can result in immediate termination from virtually every sizable construction company... It usually has its own dedicated section in a company's safety manual.

@lawman8877

Жыл бұрын

Where did you here that lol I run a shop with 6 guys they literally sell leverage tools to slip I'm wrenchs and extended handles for ratchets.....you realize they teach kids this in high school auto shop lol

@johnlshilling1446

Жыл бұрын

@@lawman8877 Too many years working Government jobs... Overdosed on safety. I've known and used this technique, and I've had many tools break... But, I plan for the possibility. However, 40+ years as a Union Pipefitter... should explain the ridiculous safety rules. It's a completely different world than small companies and schools.

@lawman8877

Жыл бұрын

@@johnlshilling1446 I worked for case for years and ford.....small companies and big companies all have the same nuts and bolts

@johnlshilling1446

Жыл бұрын

@@lawman8877 I can only suggest that the difference lies in the mechanical fields as opposed to the fields of industrial construction. Different tools applied to different mechanical systems and materials. Your experience is different than mine, though both are obviously valid. An example would be using a cheater on a pipe wrench. The wrenches are built differently, with different inherent weaknesses, and they are applied to different types of mechanical joints. As I've stated, I've had several break, including some of the highest quality. Perhaps you could contact the Safety Departments of large Government Contractors, such as Bechtel, Williams Mechanical, or any of the multitude of those listed in a simple web-search of Nuclear Contractors. They could give you a much better explanation for the ban, while my experience is more in line with (looking over both shoulders) "Can I get away with it without getting caught?" and having to submit a cheater design to the Engineering Department for approval, in cases where nothing else will work. I have built some. They also come with multiple pages of restrictions and instructions... Again --- "Safety Culture" --- An idea that adheres to the never-ending game of, "Make everything idiot-proof until greater idiots are hired"

Pull up instead of pushing down less chance for busted knuckles.

@Z23go

Жыл бұрын

Good tip, thank you!

you’d already be done with an impact 🤷🏼‍♂️

I've got a 25-footer I use. Haven't seen one bolt that doesn't get cracked loose. Btw, use a proper breaker bar.

We call that a snipe!

Nothing ruins a ratchet better than a length of steam pipe!

Longer lever arm. ❤️

Why is this video worthy?

Really dude?!!…. With a 1/2” drive? I do it with 3/8” sometimes

Apply for a patent 🤓.

Newton said give me a big enough lever and i can move the world

@Z23go

Жыл бұрын

Leverage is the key.

Whut the ... Like, who doesn't know this? Or a breaker bar, or box wrench or ...

@Z23go

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the input... it is for beginners still learning the everyday tricks.

If someone doesn’t know that then they shouldn’t be undoing Phyllis’s and working on an engine

Yeah gotta have some heavy duty tools 🔧 on a farm

Mind: blown! 🙄🙄🙄🙄

What make of ratchet is that

@Z23go

2 жыл бұрын

It is a Craftsman.

Could easily use a breaker bar

Yes cheaters work but so do impacts

Raise your hand and stick your head into a bucket of booling water of you didn't know this "tip".

And the wrench slips then what

Bad Boy..Bad.. a Ratchet is for the speedy removal or doing up a loose nut.. A break bar is for cracking tight nuts off and a torque wrench to tighten. My late Father would have punched you up the throat for forcing a Ratchet .👍🇬🇧🙋🏼‍♂️

Ah the good ol cheater bar. My Grandpa had a few ranging from about a foot to close to 10'

@Z23go

Жыл бұрын

They come in quite handy! On the ranch growing up I don't know if we ever got to 10ft but I do remember Dad using about a 6ft one to change the axle on an old water trailer.

How to break your ratchets

People don't know that?

Duh! Basic leverage.

Your just giving people tips on how to break the heads off of bolts

@Z23go

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, there is definitely a fine line of tight and too tight!

Impact wrench!